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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
7
A hobbled beggar asks for aid as a coin slips from Baxter’s grasp and rolls away through a courtway. He chases the Louis XIV piece into a doorway where a brass hinge plate catches his eye, just as the scene lurches toward a new discovery.
Baxter joins a Rexforth Circulating Library that appears to be a women’s dress rental service. He discovers the “books” are fashionable gowns tied to literary titles, with delivery by parcel and a women’s wardrobe code system, revealing the establishment is a ladies fashion house in disguise.
A report from Inspector Simpson of the Blackburn fire brigade describes a liquid paint that dries damp rooms instantly and allows freshly plastered walls to be papered without damage. It also prevents iron rust and marine growth, potentially boosting ship speed. Separate consumer advice warns against hard soaps on hair and promotes olive oil for scalp care.
A distinguished Germoan scholar, devoted to his belief in a thelem, prepared to die and claimed the world’s meaning would be revealed as sparks expire. Friends watched as he suddenly opened his eyes and cried a final, defiant line before collapsing dead, overtaken by the dark, piercing gaze.
Pattern details for a ladies sailor shirt waist from Atlantic Line Trish-Tinen. Describes design with front fullness, back gathering, square sailor collar, turn-back cuffs, and batiste chemisette with polka dot trim. Five sizes 32 to 40 inches, material yardage per width, order from Pattern Department with pattern number 2483.
An old Pattern Department notice details Parla Pattern No. 2163 for girls rompers in red and white gingham with a shaped yoke, circular bloomers, and matching braid trim. Four sizes from three to nine years. fabric estimates and braid requirements given. order form instruction included. Also brief local notes on a cow attack by weasels and a humorous blunder about Thackeray lending money.
A nervous woman muses on a purple moment as she misreads her cue to turn Broadway, thinking Lexington Avenue would lead her to Broadway while the car starts around Twenty third Street.
An advertisement promotes the California Fig Syrup Co.'s Symp as a trusted family laxative. It cites physician approval and broad consumer acceptance, urging buyers to seek the genuine product. A collage of anecdotes and letters extols coffee substitutes, moral tales, and health testimonials, concluding with a Postal Co. promotion for Postum and a call to read "The Road to Wellville."
A collage of old newspaper snippets recounts Miss Mis Moon stories with Dublin and Fairfax, a humorous mix of dialect lines and affectionate reminiscences about moonlit nights. It shifts to medical ad copy about kidney pills and a Brooklyn doll anecdote, then to brief quips on infants casts from Castoria and a light furniture price exchange.
Tena V. Treas of Norristown writes that after fearing surgery she tried Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and was cured. The letter urges all women with female troubles to use the product and seek Mrs Pinkham's advice, noting the remedy has helped thousands.
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